Jenny Slate is proudly standing by Blake Full of life.
Slate, 42, launched an announcement on Monday in response to Full of life’s authorized criticism in opposition to their “It Ends With Us” co-star and director Justin Baldoni, who was accused of sexual harassment and orchestrating a PR smear marketing campaign in opposition to Full of life, 37.
“As Blake Lively’s castmate and friend, I voice my support as she takes action against those reported to have planned and carried out an attack on her reputation,” Slate instructed Right this moment.
“Blake is a leader, loyal friend and a trusted source of emotional support for me and so many who know and love her,” Slate continued.
The actress added, “What has been revealed about the attack on Blake is terribly dark, disturbing, and wholly threatening. I commend my friend, I admire her bravery, and I stand by her side.”
In “It Ends With Us,” Slate performs Allysa, the sister of Baldoni’s character Ryle Kincaid, who’s abusive in direction of Full of life’s Lily Bloom.
On the time of the movie’s launch in August, rumors swirled of a feud between Full of life and Baldoni, 40, as they refused to look collectively to advertise the flick.
Slate and the remainder of the solid promoted the film with Full of life — who suffered a barrage of dangerous publicity. She was criticized for a way she talked concerning the home violence theme of the movie and was additionally dubbed a “mean girl” on account of resurfaced interviews that went viral on social media.
In her criticism in opposition to Baldoni, Full of life accused her co-star of sexual harassment on the set of the movie.
She alleged that Baldoni’s misconduct throughout filming was so dangerous that “an all-hands-on-deck meeting” was held to deal with his conduct.
Through the sit-down, Full of life demanded there can be “no more showing nude videos or images of women to Lively, no more mention of Baldoni’s alleged previous ‘pornography addiction,’ and no more discussions about sexual conquests in front of Lively.”
Full of life additionally accused Baldoni and his PR crew of main a smear marketing campaign that prompted hurt to her enterprise and led to her household experiencing “severe emotional distress.”
Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, denied Full of life’s claims, telling The Submit, “It is shameful that Ms. Lively and her representatives would make such serious and categorically false accusations against Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and its representatives, as yet another desperate attempt to ‘fix’ her negative reputation.”
Within the wake of Full of life’s lawsuit, Baldoni has been dropped by his expertise company. His podcast co-host additionally give up the present.
Along with Slate, “It Ends With Us” star Brandon Sklenar has additionally voiced assist for Full of life amid the drama.
On his Instagram Story, Sklenar posted a hyperlink to the New York Occasions article which has the entire authorized submitting Full of life submitted, and mentioned, “For the love of god read this.”
Sklenar additionally tagged Full of life’s Instagram account and added a coronary heart emoji subsequent to her deal with.
Colleen Hoover, who wrote the e-book that the movie is predicated on, additionally backed the actress in an IG Story on Saturday.
“You have been nothing but honest, kind, supportive and patient since the day we met,” the writer captioned a photograph of her hugging Full of life.
“Thank you for being exactly the human that you are. Never change. Never wilt,” Hoover added.
